Bohemian Rhapsody has rocked the box office!
The Queen biopic is on track to be the biggest music biopic of all time, after earning the second biggest opening for a music biopic ever, behind 2015’s Straight Outta Compton ($60.2 million).
The musical biopic about the iconic British rock band has rocked its audience to the tune of an estimated $50 million opening weekend dethroning the also hugely successful Halloween as the No. 1 film in North America. The film exceeded expectations bringing in a lot more than the estimations that projected it’d bring in between $35 to $40 million debut weekend.
While critical reviews are mixed, Rami Malek’s portrayal of the band’s frontman Freddie Mercury has received critical acclaim. The film has received a 95% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
See the weekend’s box office figures below:
1. Bohemian Rhapsody — $50 million
2. The Nutcracker and the Four Realms — $20 million
3. Nobody’s Fool — $14 million
4. A Star Is Born — $11.1 million
5. Halloween — $11 million
6. Venom — $7.9 million
7. Smallfoot — $3.8 million
8. Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween — $3.7 million
9. Hunter Killer — $3.5 million
10. The Hate U Give — $3.4 million
